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Christopher magistros, vestes, and dishypatos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the book in his left. Sigla: Ο|Α|ΓΙ|Ο,Ν|Η|ΚΟ|ΛΑ|Ο, : ὁ ἅγιο(ς) Νηκόλαο(ς). Circular inscription along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΑΓΙΕΝΙΚΟ̣Λ̣Α̣ΕΟΗΘΕΙ

Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

  
ΧΡΙ
ΣΤΟΦΟΡ,
ΜΑΓΙΣΤΡ,
ΕΣΤΗ
ΔΙΣΥΠΑ
Τ,

Χριστοφόρ(ῳ) μαγίστρ(ῳ) βέστῃ (καὶ) δισυπάτ(ῳ)

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the book in his left. Sigla: Ο|Α|ΓΙ|Ο,Ν|Η|ΚΟ|ΛΑ|Ο, : ὁ ἅγιο(ς) Νηκόλαο(ς). Circular inscription along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΑΓΙΕΝΙΚΟ̣Λ̣Α̣ΕΟΗΘΕΙ

Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

  
ΧΡΙ
ΣΤΟΦΟΡ,
ΜΑΓΙΣΤΡ,
ΕΣΤΗ
ΔΙΣΥΠΑ
Τ,

Χριστοφόρ(ῳ) μαγίστρ(ῳ) βέστῃ (καὶ) δισυπάτ(ῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.482
Diameter 34.0 mm; field: 27.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Ἅγιε Νικόλαε βοήθει Χριστοφόρῳ, μαγίστρῳ, βέστῃ καὶ δισυπάτῳ.

St Nicholas, help Christopher, magistros, vestes, and dishypatos.